Lasky, Kathryn.

A voice of her own : the story of Phillis Wheatley, slave poet / Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Paul Lee. - 1st ed. - Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2003. - [38] p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.

A biography of an African girl brought to New England as a slave in 1761 who became famous on both sides of the Atlantic as the first black poet in America.

0763602523 (lib. bdg.) : $17.99

2001047139


Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.


American poets--Biography.
African American women poets--Biography.
Slaves--United States--Biography.
African American poets--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
Women--Biography.

PS866.W5 / Z65 2003

811/.1 B